Inherent in any decision to sell the airport must be the provision of pricing
freedom by the owner/operator. An airport, operated as a business, can only
thrive if supply and demand dictate income and profitability rather than the
current restrictive Basic Agreement.

Metro needs expansion to meet demand and changes must be made to assure the
long-term viability of the airport. The airport must be able to change its fee
structure to generate the revenue necessary to provide the services the airport
users demand.

Similarly, a modified fee system could efficiently solve same of the airport
capacity problems. Higher fees at peak times would reduce the number of marginal
flights, spreading those flights into time slots which are not as heavy. With
demand for airport space spread more evenly through the day, there would be
fewer shortages of capacity during peak times and thus a more efficient airport.
As in Great Britain, price could more accurately reflect demand for the resource
and therefore potentially reduce capacity problems.